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PRICE TWO CENTS.
DIPLOMATS MUST
AVOID SCANDAL
Slightest Hint of It Means Loss of
Position Examples from
American History.
BOWEN'S CASE THE
IiATEST O TUB KESfD
for Panncefote's
Was Squabble
with Other Diplomats.
By W. W. Jermane.
Washington, July 31.The diplomat's
tot is not altogether a happy one, espe
cially if the country which he repre
sents and that to which he is accredited
are parts of the great world current of
progress and commerce. For the most
part, the every day life of the diplomat
is a lazv one." He has little of nothing
to do fo'r eleven months of the year, and
the few weeks of busy season, which he
lias determined his position for the next
rest period. But whether working at his
profession, or enioying himself sociallv,
he must bo a very circumspect individ
ual, and must hold himself aloof from
everything that might, by any stretch
of the imagination, lend itself to scan
dal or criticism. Whenever this Bimple
rule of conduct has been violated,
troublefor the diplomathas always
resulted. The most recent example of
the truth that this rule has no excep
tions is Herbert W. Bowen, dismisseci
within a month from his post as min
ister to Venezuela for having given to
the daily press scurrilous stories about
his predecessor, Mr. Loomis, now assist
ant secretary of state.
In looking back over the diplomatic
history of the "United States, compara
tivel few case are found where it' has
beeny necessarysto censure or retire an
American diplomatic representative for
cause. Thoro have been several separ
ations from the service during the last
thirty years, but Bowen is the only man
of the lot to be actually dismissed. Ees
ignations threw the mantle of. charity
over the offenses of the other delin
quents.
Schenck Exploited a Mine.
General Eobert C. Schenck, after bril
liant service in, the civil war, was ap
pointed minister to Great Britain bv
President Grant in 18(0. He resigned
in February', 1876, becauBe of a scandal
in connection with the floating of the
Stock of a Nevada mining corporation.
General Schenck was charged with hav
ing used his official position to float the
stock teEmm a mining compay, of
whielvo heh was a director. Then state
department.held that his conduct was
-extremely injudicious, and because of
.th at ruling he resigned his post. But
'his troubles were not over with his re
..tirement from office. The house of re p
resentatives took the case up, had an
Investigation by special committee, and
on July 12, 1876, unanimously ^adopted
a resolution denouncing his conduct in
jheeomi ng a director. th&.Jjmma cor-
*&m*it*n*fakfflWff^ in
attempting to sell the mining company's
Btock in England was ill-advised, im
prudent and incompatible with his posi
tion as United States minister. Gen
eral Schenck appeared before the com
mittee and endeavored to show that he
had acted from no dishonorable motive,
but he was condemned nevertheless.
Patrick Egan almost brought about
war between the United States and
Cbile in 1891. during the uprising
against the Balmaceda government.
Egan was the erican mistro
Chile, and it waAsm charged thaitn hee tootk
an active part in the revolution in that
he afforded supporters of Balmaceda an
asylum from the insurgents, and eon
ducted himself otherwise in a partizan
manner. The Balmaceda government
was overthrown, and Egan resigned his
post, as the victorious congressional
party -would have nothing to do "with.
him. Charges were also made that
Egan's son had secured valuable con
tracts from Balmaceda, which were en
dangered by the revolution, but both
father and son said that this charge
was tmtrue. It was in this little mixup
.that "Fighting Bob" Evuns came into
/prominence as the swearing naval offi
cer. Ho threatened, with a torrent of
picturesque and redhot oaths, to demol
ish the whole city of Santiago, when an
attempt was made to capture the steam
ship Itata, on which friends of the Bal
maceda government had taken refuge.
Paramount Blount in Hawaii.
Paramount Blount 's sensational
attempt to restore the monarchy in Ha
waii in 1893 will be recalled by nearly
all readers of a 1." It wiil
be remembered that Queen Lilioukalani
Wiis ousted in the practically bloodless
revolution1,
and that the revolutionists
decided to cede the islands to the
"United States..: The American fl'iC was
hoisted over the government buildings,
and word was sent to the American gov
ernment that the Hawaiians were ready
to be annexed formally. This was be
fore the days of the cable between the
islands and. the American' mainland.
Upon receiving a report of the revolu
tion from Mr. Stevens, our minister,
President Cleveland, who had .just be
gun his second term, dispatched Mr.
Blount to the islands as his "commis
sioner paramount," with full authority
to act for him. Blount's first act upon
his arrival at Honolulu was to order
the American flag hauled down, which
act caused the greatest indignation in
this country. Mr. Cleveland paid no
attention to what Blount had done, and
as soon as Stevens had resigned ap
pointed Blount the American minister.
continued to serve in that capacity
until the islands were formally trans
ferred to the United States. Prior to
his assignment to Hawaii as "para
mount minister," Blount had been a
representative in congress from Georgia.
There have been instances -when
American consuls have "put their feet
in it" by injudicious utterances. "With
in a few'years General Edward S. Bragg
of Wisconsin, while consul general at
Havana, said in a letter to his wife
that "one might as well try to make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear as to make
a good citizen out of a Cuban." Gen*
eral Bragg was transferred to Hong
kong, China, on an intimation that he
wasn't wanted in Cuba.
The separation of John Goodnow of
Minneapolis, from his lucrative position
as consul general at Shanghai, is a part
of the history of the American consular
service of the last six months. He re
signed after an investigation into liis
official conduct.
Genet's Recall Requested.
There have been several instances of
the withdrawal of representatives of
foreign governments from Washington.
In some cases the withdrawals were de
manded by our government, and in
others thev came about without formal
demand. Washington1,
while ^president,
.was forced to request the French gov
ernment to recall Minister Genet, be
cause he had participated in American
public affairs and denounce d, the admin-
i
Expression of Regard for Presi
dent Roosevelt and Interest in
Miss Alice.
By W. B. CHAMBERLAIN,
Managing Editor of The Journal.
Copyright, 1805, The Minneapolis Journal.
Stockholm, Sweden, July IS.King
Oscar, ordinarily otoe of the most demo
cratic and approachable of monarchs, is
now very difficult to see. The union
crisis has laid upon him an unwonted
burden of anxiety and work. Eager to
serve the best interests of his people
and to find a peaceful solution' of the
Scandinavian problem, he has been fear
ful lest he should make some misstep or
say something indiscreet. His minis
ters, knowing his frank, open nature
and realizing how deeply he is hurt by
the course of the Norwegians, have laid
many obstacles in the way of newspaper
interviews. Then, too, the court fes
tivities in hoWor of the homecoming of
his grandson and the English princess
have absorbed much of the royal atten
tion. King Oscar realizes quite well
that the trappings and pomp of royalty
are matters of great interest to the
Swedes. He knows full well how dearly
they love a spectacle, and he puts on his
royal performances as carefully and
with as much attention to all the scen
ery and costumes and properties as an
American stage manager would expend
on an extravaganza.
Trappings and Welcomes.
In perhaps no other city of the world
could such a spectacle as the reception
to the royal bridal couple have been
"put on" so well as in Stockholm. N
othecit as so fine a habor i ia
veryr heart,h where the oceanr shipsnmaty
anchor under the very windows of the
king's palace. And this beautiful bit
of water, with the innumerable channels
leading into it, is in the midst of a nat
ural amphitheater rising on all sides.
O these slopes are built the solidest
and best parts of Stockholm. Imagine
all these shores and slopes covered with
thousands of people, ail in holiday at
tire and eager with interest. Imagine
every building within view of Skepps
bran a-flutter -with bunting. Imagine
every trolley pole encircled with cir
cular boxes filled with green and bloom
ing plants. Add to the picture a blue
sky set off with fleecy clouds, a mild
and.salubrious atmosphere and an event
of historic interestthe home-coming
of the future king and queen of Sweden
after their nuptials in England and
you may guess why Stockholm has gone
quite daft over the week's festivities.
The king seems quite happy in the suc
cess of the series of spectacles and
functions. He has shown himself on
several occasions to the people, and has
been rewarded with the most gratifying
applause. Not the least pleasing fea
ture of it was that it came largely from
the workinemen', who as a rule are not
enthusiastic over King Oscar.
Scarcely were the festivities over
than the visit of the German kaiser to
Gafle engaged the king's hospitable at
tentions and altogether it was not easy
to get the opportunity to "interview"
him in American fashion.
Audience -with King.
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AUDIENCES WITH
OSCAR ARE RARE
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DNWONTED BURDEN
O N SWEDEN'S KING
Formerly a Most Approachable
Monarch, Now He Is Hard
to See.
Thru the influence of Colonel Graves,
the American minister, however, I fin
ally succee'ded in seeing the king, and,
indeed, later on, all the members of the
royal family. The gist of -what the
king said has already gone by cable to
TheJournal and the Scandinavians
of the northwest have thus long since
received his kindly greetings. It was
no news to Oscar to learn how many of
hia once-loyal subjects had settled in
the northwest and how they had pro
pered under the benign rule of TTncle
Sam. N one regrets more than he that
Scandinavia has lost so much of her
"best blood, for those who have the cour
age and the resourcefulness to essay
such an emprise as the emigration to
America are naturally the most wide
awake and ambitious of the country's
youth. But tho America has thus
gained at Scandinavia's expense, King
Oscar has by no means lost his affeetion
for them. A^id so he seemed -very glad.
of the opportunity to send his kindly
greetings to all'of them thru The
Journal.
I was led into the royal presence at
the palace by Court Chamberlain
Schwann, a polished gentleman who was
most amiable. The king received me
cordially. He is as straight as ever,
and towers above his entourage as of
old. His hair is quite white and some
what thin, and his short, curly beard is
worn in the style made familiar by his
pictures. His face is very ruddy, and
when he opens his mouth his teeth are
seen to be bad. One wishes a skilful
American dentist might get at them.
He has the old man's habit of holding
his mouth open when he listens. But he
has a truly royal carriage and a cordial
manner in which there is no trace of
condescension or patronage. His first
question, in excellent English, was as to
how I liked Stockholm, and then, being
reassured upon that point, what I
thought of the reception to the prince
and princess. My compliments upon the
grandeur of the spectacle and the en
thusiasm of the people seemed to please
him greatly. declared that the Eng
lish princess Was most charming, and
that he was glad his grandson was so
happily married.
Talked of the Crisis.
The king talked with freedom of the
union crisis. He made it evident that
altho his feelings have been deeply
hurt by the action of his Norwegian
ministry and the storthing, he is de
termined that the dire disasters of war
shall not descend upon the peninsula
if he can prevent it. The charse that
he -violated the constitution jof Nway
hurts his pride, especially as hoer be
lieves history will record that it was
Norway and not he that acted illegally.
Still" King Oscar wishes Norway well.
He declared that he had forgiven the
Norwegians from the bottom of his
heart and could only hope that they
would not eventually suffer as a nation
for what he regards as the wrong deeds
committed now.- And he hinted that
Sweden would be happier and more
prosperous than she had ever been under
the union.
The king, is still firm in his determi
nation to allow no prince of his house
to accept the throve Norway and the
Continued on9th Page, 4th Column, Continued on 2d PsgS: 5th Column,
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MRS. JOHN KOOKEFELLEB,
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CRITICISMS CRUSH
OIL KING'S WIEE
Mrs. Rockefeller Breaking Down
Under Strain of Attacks on
Husband.
New York Sun Special Berries.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 31.That the
many criticisms which have been
heaped on John D.-Rockefeller recently
have undermined the health of his
wife, was asserted by a friend, who
visited the Bockefeller home today.
The visitor was astonished, he said, to
see the change that had come over-Mrs.
Rockefeller. She was looking ill, he
said, and it was apparent that, ^3^er
health was failing
The criticisms, it is known, have sad
dened the life of Mrs. Rockefeller. A
gloom has settled about the household
in the last year which nothing seems
able to dispel. The wife recently has
drawn more closely than eyer the cir
cle of friends about her, until today,
only a few persons visit her.
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MONDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1905.
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ft was the hope of Rockefellejr^&nff
his wife, friends said, to leave behind
a name that would stand for every
thing that ws best in. the community.
Instead, the Standard Oil millionaire
finds himself criticized more severely
every day until he feels himself the
most abused^ man in America.. Non**
of his bertefadtiong seem to be' able "to
temper the denunciations which are be
ing hurled at him, and altho he feels
them keenly, it is said they fall on
Mrs. Rockefeller with double force.
Nothing, the friends who visited her
today said, seems to cheer her, and she
walks a melancholy figure in -ter beau
tiful home.
A FOLLETTE ADDS HIS
Wisconsin Givernor Says Rockefeller
Leads All Criminals.
New York Sun Special Service.
Springfield, 111., July 31,"John D.
Ebckef eller is the greatest criminal of
the age."
I these words Governor Robert
La Toilette of Wisconsin denounced the
richest man in the world in an address
delivered at the state fair grounds be
fore the Illinois Baptist Chautauqua.
The declaration was greeted with
cheers.
RESTLESS IDHYc
HEARS iCHttSE
Gen. ChildsMakegaBitter Attack
on Tfestiinony Cttvw^bj^T
)Wrs. Thomas.
Attorney Brown's Plea for
?'TH
the
DefenseCase May to
Jury Tonight.
Special to The Journal..$*\.~i.
Mankato, Minn.,, July 31.General
Childs resumed his, argument in the
Koch case today before a full court
house. While the interest is intense,
the jury is restless, as the members are
anxious to get into.-/the harvest fields.
Sentiment seems %a point to another
disagreement.
I resuming his argument thiB morn
ing- General Childs.-' Baid that Mrs.
Borndt heard the docs bark as soon as
a person* ran by her^nouse, while Keys
ter and the Beineekeioys stood on er
corner five minutes-an walked home.
Dr. Wood of Banska saw a hammer
on the wall and on a table in Dr. Koch's
office. The hammer,.and the handker
chief were taken to the scene of the
murder by "tie iamejperson: and had the
same ownership! The:defendant's hand
kerchief was handed by Ida Koch to the
defendant's attorney^ who kept them
until the fir St trial* Mr. Klause said
that at the.house nvthe week of the
murder he saw twenty handkerchiefs.
Now there. ar, but'1
sixteen. If some
exactly resembleS thei blood-stained one,
do you. suppose-the counsel-would have
delivered them over, when- the _man's
life or liberty was at stake!
If another person,^wanted to cast sus
picion on Koch, he must have known
the hammer belonged to the defendant,
also the handkerchief and pencil.
The person. whu....committed the mur
der knew enough anatomy to sever an
artery and vein, and the "defendant #ot
such training when cat the dental col
lege.
The Burns on Koch's Hands.
General Childs to6k up the matter
of the bum's and -injuries on the de-1
fondant's hands. Speaking of tho ex
amination made Ttiutsday afternoon by
his attorneys, he asked why they did
not call ina conimittee of ministers or
reputable citizens to look at his hands,
so that they themselves would not be
obliged to' on the -witness stand.
He asked whether anyone ever heard
of Buch an astonishing case of murder
in all his life) and asked whether they
thought it credible, and whether it
appealed to their reason. "He was
burned," saict-the'speaker, /'but How,
you"" don't kajqisw but, in view of the
circumstance^ ym ae justified in find
ing that he himself -burned himself de
liberately and. for the purpose of con
cealing evident What yjpuld a man
do if he ha6Sfchree fingers of his right
hand, laeiajciniaf^isB^nxies that he could not
account for,r'iinue!* the circumstances'!
Would he l&iiatis jfc'o lay t$s hand on
livijig.coal^jl&pii^a hot stove?"
i &ette^.^pp topk, ,jrp the matter
of the^'alio^Ktails^^^^What Wotdd
not a father da #-3*re ni's.sb^f". He
spoke of tke^$%t nfa o l0ye that,
directs father, sis^r- and brother. There
seems toiire^too much haisniony in the
testimony given by the Koch family.
Koch Not a Normal Man.
It might be argued that Dr. Koch's
innocence was shown by the. fact that
he sang at the funeral of Dr. Gebhardt.
"The man who killed Dr. Gebhardt,"
declared the speaker, "was not a nor
mal man. Such men are never, normal
men, and when you attempt to judge
them by the standards of normal men
you make a great mistake.. They will
sing at funerals, meet their fellow-men
and wear smiles on their faces almost
to the very moment when the noose is'
lowered over their necks.
General Childs spoke of the vicious
assault which, he said, that the defense
had made on the character of Dr. Reine
ke, who was a reputable gentleman. He
said that if there were any suspicions
Continued on 2d Tage, 4th Column.
POT CALLS THE KETTLE. BLACK.
DR. JOHN GTJITERAS,
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ASSERTS SLAVERY
LIVES IN ALASKA
Teacher from the Aleutian Islands
Says Government Permits
Human Servitude,
Kffw York Sun Special Service.
St. Louis, July 31.That human
slavery exists today under the Ameri
can flag, and that the government is
doing, and for many years has done,
nothing to abolish it, is the charge
made by Professor William A. DaviB.
superintendent of public schools or
Unalaska, Alaska. Professor Davis says
that since he went to 'Unalaskaone
of the Aleutian islandsIn 1893, he has
done all in his power to induce the
proper authorities to enforce the law
against slavery under the stars and
stripes, but without avail. indi
vidual effort, he says, he has succeeded
in securing the release of two little
slave girls, who were sent back to their
native islands.
"At the present time," he says in
a letter, "in the village of Unalaska,
with a population of not more than
200, there are no fewer than six girls
in bondage as servile as that of the
blacks before their emancipation, and
it is safe to assume that the same con
ditions prevail all over Alaska.
"These children are usually orphans
And are given ayray by&'fchose to whom
they have been left by their parents
|reely and with little compunction.''
POPE PIUS WILL
GELEBMTE ELEGTIOM
New York Bun Speoial Service.
Rome, July 31.Next Friday will
mark the second anniversary of the
election of Pius X., and already prep
arations, are being made for celebrat
ing the occasion with due solemnity.
The popularity of Pius X. has. not
decreased in the least during the' two
years he. has sat on the throne. It is
felt here that the present pope, be
cause of his personal affability and his
liberal views, will obtain more ad
vantages for the church in the end
than many of his predecessors. In
only two years of reign he has com
pletely reformed the central admini
stration of the church.
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THE DESTITUTION
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THOUSANDS IDLE
IN NEW ORLEANS
Deprived of Means to Livelihood,
Italians of Fruit Industry
Are Menaced.
Panic in the Country Around the
Pever-Stricken City Is In-.
creasing.
New Orleans, July 31.Destitution,
and its accompanying proneness to yel
low-fever attack, are the new dangers
in the quarantine situation in New Or
leans.
Deprived of their means of liveli
hood, thousands of Italians who are em
ployed in the N ew Orleans fruit in
dustry are casting about for a way out
of their difficulties and a chance to
avert the shortening of their food sup
ply, which would render them more sus
ceptible to the germs of the dreaded
scourge.
Otherwise little change was appar
ent In the yellow-fever situation here
today. A number of new cases were
unofficially reported to the board of
health.
The campaign in the interest of cis
tern screening continues and hundreds
oix gallons or oil are, being placed in
gutters and water receptacles. The
Farce majority of new cases and deaths
continue to be in the old infected area
below Carta! street, only four of yester
day's twenty-seven new cases being
above Canal street.
The health authorities, while freely
admitting the situation to be serious,
believe that the disease can be con
trolled, the opportunities for new in
fection growing fewer as the area of
screened cisterns increases.
Distress Among Italian^.
While the six-day detention or\der of
the board of health lasts, it is expected
that all the lines which have been oper
ating fruit steamers into New Orleans
will divtther sips to Moile, ana
this wilelr havei theh effect of-b throwing,
2,000 laborers, many of them Italians,
out of employment. The average Ital
ian here has half a dozen in his family,
and sometimes the children number ten
or more. With so many mouths to feed,
the head of the family cannot long re
main in idleness without an appeal to
public charity. These Italians, who are
not in the fever district, are asking
that they be given employment by the
health authorities in the sanitary and
other -work now going on.
A meeting of representative Italians
has been held and a permanent organi
zation formed. A campaign of relief
and of education in the hygienic re
quirements of the sitiiatidii'has been de
cided on.
The health authorities aire very much
encouraged by the excellent .work"that
is being done at the Emergency hospital
and they believe that when the results
of treatment given there become known,
families -will readily consent to hav e-
their patients sent,
Panic inthere. Interior.
While the feeling here is constantly
growing more hopeful, there is appar
ently no abatement of the excitement
and panicky feeling in the country dis
tricts of Louisiana and Mississippi. Lo
cal business houses are beginning to
feel the ejects of the scare. They are
receiving letters from the traveling
men telling of the cancellation of or-
by medical men of their firm faith in
the theory that alone by the stegomyia
is yellow fever transmitted. Steps also
have been taken to disinfect all freight
cars destined for points where the fe
ver theory is not accepted.
Quarantines everywhere are being
drawn tighter. Even gasolene is appar
ently barred from Vicksburg. A num
ber of the towns in Louisiana and Mis
sissippi are cutting themselves off from
the world and the shotgun quarantines
are being extended. Guards and in
spectors are multiplying and. making
travel increasingly difficult.
Trains Must Hurry Past.
Mobile, Ala., July 31.The city, of
Laurel, Miss., has noticed the officials
of the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
railroad that ifr must send its train's
thru that place at the rate of thirty
miles an hour, owing to the fear of yel
low fever contagion. Hattiesburg,
Miss., has sent word that no tickets
must be sold to Hattiesburg at any
point.
$25,000,000 RIVAL
FOB STANDARD OIL
Pittsburg Bankers Will Combine
Kansas and Indian Territory
Oil Interests.
New York Sun Special Service.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 31.Negotia-
tions practically have been completed
by which the Mellons, the Pittsburg
bankers, will combine all of the impor
tant oil interests of Kansas and the
Indian Territory. Thus the ilellons
will control the most powerful compa
ny independent of Standard Oil in the
southwest.
The capital of the new company will
be $25,000,000, of which $7,500,000 will
be in 6 per cent bonds, which the Mel
lons are arranging to nave financed by
the Union Trust company at par.
The Mellons have agreed on behalf
of their Gulf Refining company at Port
Arthur, to refine the product sent thru
their pipe lines at a sum not to exceed
42 cents a barrel, and 10 per cent of
the net revenue from the crude oil shall
be funded for the redemption of bonds.
They also agree to take care of the
product of the field in their new line.
TBENCH AERONAUTS WBESCKED,
Paris, July 31.A balloon conveying M.
Sanniere, president of the Aero clnb, and a
compnDlon collapsed on the roof of the Orand
Palace in the Blyaees today, JSti occupants
were not Injured^ '^j
^^^\^ip%&m& ^^i^W^-- y^Jcij
THAT MORNIHB TOUR
The Way to See the City and
Enjoy the Morning I to Take
a Journal Tour. Oars Leare
at 9 O'clock.
16 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
MONEY KINGS IN
EQUITABLE SDlt
New York's Attorney General to
Move Against Leaders, in.
Financial "World.
DIRECTORS OF OLD
REGIME ARE ACCUSED
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re
James J. Hill's Name in the List
of Forty-nine Def oxidants in
New York, July 31.Attorney Gen
eral Mayer will bring suits today or
tomorrow against the directors of the
old regime of the Equitable Life Assur
ance society. These men will be madj
defendants:
J. W. Alexander. Gage E. TarbeU,
Louis Fitzgerald, Marvin Hughitt. J&
Chauncey M. Iepew C. Alexander,
Henry C. Iteming, T. IeWit Cuyter,
Cornelius, Bliss,
Geo. H. "Squire,
Thos. D. Jordan,
Charles S. Smith,
V. F, Snyder,
Alvln W. Krech,
Wm- Alexander,
John J. McCook,
James B. Forgan,
C. Ledyard Blair,
Brayton Ives,
M. E. Ingalls,
James H. Hyde,
Alex. J. Cassatt,
Jacob H. Schiff,
James J. Hill,
T. J. Coolidge,
A. G. Vanderbilt,
John Jacob Astor,
Wm. C. VanHome.
Henry R. Winthrop.
Marcellus H. Dodge,
Joseph De Navarro,
Bradish Johnson,
Joseph T. Low,
John A. Stewart,
E. H. Harriman,
Levi P. Morton, $
August Belmont, 1
Darius O. Mills,
Robert T. Lincoln,
George J. Gould,
John Sloane, 4*'P
George T. "Wilson,
Thomas T. EcKert,
W. H. Mclntyre, .j
H. M. Alexander, *~ga
Henry C. Frick,
Samuel M. Inman,-
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Henry Haarstick,
David Moffatt.
Demand an Accounting.
The complaint will demand that th
defendant's account to the state for
their official conduct, their manage
ment of the company, and the disposi
tion made of its funds and the property
committed to their chargetha each.
of directors be compelled to
thethe Equitable society any moneyspay whichot
he acquire by connection with the so
ciety and moneys which under the man
agement were lost and wasted because
of neglect of their duties as directors
and violation of their trusttha all the
directors found guilty
arid, that the moneys recoveredremoveedthybeblshal
suits shall be credited to the policy
holders in equitable proportion.
The attorney general has decided to
bring the suits, because, without any
statutes, the coafts long have enter
tained actions to make directors and
trustees of corporations account for
waste, wrong-doing and neglect.
The suit is of an omnibus character,
one combined action Being brought^
against the directors severally and. asr .3
individuals. The case is base
entirely on the evidence taken1d
byalmost,-'eStat
Superintendent? of Insurance Hendricks
in his investigation of the Equitable,
and as a matter of fact parts of Hen-X
dricks' report and evidence are includ
ed in the-^pmplaint, which comprise*
thirty-five typewritten- pages.
Two inds of Offenders. V.
For the purposes of the suit the di
rectors are classified in two groups- Th
first is charged with acts of commission
and comprise those who wilfully caused
the misuse of funds.
The second group includes those di
rectors who are charged with acts of
omission, having failed to attend meet
ings or take the trouble to investigate
proceedings, to disapprove the acts of
those directors who did spend the soci
ety's funds.
The complaint does not Jake the Cam
bon dinner up nor the now famous mas-
ders in Mississippi and "elsewhere be- Querade ball given by Hyde, nor those
cause of the reliance of the country I ^"J^J"!^ ^II Sn *jt
people to patronize stores which re
eei\e goods from infected districts.
In this connection there is some crit
icism of Governor Vardaman because
of a telegram sent by him in which he
commends the prudence of Mississippi
merchants in refusing to "take freight
from this city. To meet these condi
tions, business houses are sending out
thousands of pamphlets giving the re
sults of the scientific experiments in
Cuba and in Vera Cruz and expressions
in h^ petiti oL of Ma r" S^. Yong, hf
Saratoga Policy holder in whose name
Senator Edgar T. Brackett brought suit.
It does outline in a general way the
existing conditions in the Equitable
scandal, and specifies the transactions
of certain, individual directors.
Depew Holds to Place. -.f'
New York, July 31.United States
Senator Chauncey M. De'pew attended
today's meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Equitable Life. The" com
mittee was in session almost an hour.
Then Senator Depew said that he had
not resigned as a director and had no
intention of doing so. Chairman Mor
ton stated that nothing had occurred at
the meeting to ehange Senator DepeW's
relations with the Equitable society. i'"jg
WILSON CONFERS
WITH B00SEYEL1
-s
Secretary Wilson Will Stick to
Post and Purge Department
of Graft.
4
.Oyster Bay, L. I., July 31.That he
might confer with the president con
cerning the scandals recently developed
in the department of agriculture at
Washington, Secretary Wilson Was at'
luncheon as the guest of the*president
today, having come to Oyster Bay to
discuss the recent devolpment of the
cotton report leak scandal and of the
exploitation of nitro culture, -which in
duced .resignation
Moore.theBoth of thesef casesGeorgeare.Twno.Dr
under investigation by the department
of justice. direction of the presi
dent the inquiries will be made very
thoro, and, if the facts disclosed should
warrant it,* prosecution- against the of
fenders will be instituted/by Attorney
General Moody.
Meantime a rigid inquiry will be*
made into all other bureaus of the de
partment of agriculture, it being the
intention of both the president and
Secretary Wilson to purge the depart
ment of any taint or corruption. With
this general inquiry the president is not
interfering in any way. Secretary Wtt
son is directing it, and the president'
confidence in him is such that he is as
sured the investigation will develop all
the facts.
Seereary "Wilson has no presetnt idea
of resigning, and even if his resignation
were tendered it is probable that th#
president would decline to accept it.
KILLED BY A BASEBALL
A Foul Tip Struck an Iowa Boy Over
the Heart.
Ottumwa, Iowa, July 31.Sixteen-
year-old Estel Payton, while catching
in a baseball game between two ama
teur teams at Na'sby Corners yesterday,
was struck over the heart by a foul tip.
He threw the ball baclt to the pitcher"
and dropped'dead.